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When was the colonial period?
  • 1607-1753

Why did Europeans establish colonies in North America?

  • Religous and Economic reasons
Roanoke Island
Economic venture

  • island off of North Carolina
  • 1587
  • Sir Walter Raleigh
  • 1590 no trace found
  • 188 people vanished
  • One clue "Croatoan

Jamestown

  • Was established-Economic Venture and Virginia Company
  • 1607
  • First permanant English settlement in North America
  • Located in Vergina

Virginia Company

  • Virginia company charter
  • Established in the house of Burgesses
  • Guaranteed "self-rule"
  • This is why English settlers came to America